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ORIGINAL: bklooste Saratoga attack is similar. TROM's: 9 January 1942: Operation "H" - The Invasion of the Celebes, NEI: Vice Admiral Takahashi's forces invade Menado and Kema (11 January), Kendari (24 January), Ambon (30 January) and Makassar (9 February). That same day, 270 miles from Johnston Island, the I-18 of the Special Attack Force sights a LEXINGTON-class carrier, a heavy cruiser and two destroyers steaming westward. I-18 reports the sighting to Headquarters, Sixth Fleet. Rear Admiral Yamazaki orders all available I-boats in the area to form a picket line. I-6 departs her patrol area to join the hunt for USS LEXINGTON (CV-2), detected by I-18. After I-1 develops a diesel trouble, I-6 replaces her in the picket line NE of Johnston Island. 12 January 1942: Departs her patrol sector for Kwajalein. 22 January 1942: Arrives at Kwajalein. 11 January 1942: At 1841, while patrolling 270 miles NE of Johnston Island, I-6 sights a destroyer and crash-dives. Soon thereafter, a LEXINGTON-class carrier, one heavy cruiser and another destroyer appear on a southeasterly course at 19N, 165W. The carrier is USS SARATOGA (CV-3) of TF 14 under Rear Admiral Herbert F. Leary, steaming at 15 knots to rendezvous with USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6). LtCdr Inaba fires three Type 89 torpedoes with three-second intervals from 4,700 yards. At 1915, one torpedo hits SARATOGA port amidships, flooding three of her boiler rooms and killing six firemen. The carrier heels first to starboard, then to port, taking on 1,100 tons of water and losing headway. Seven minutes after the hit the escorting destroyers commence a counterattack, but fail to locate the submarine. After 2200, LtCdr Inaba reports two hits on USS LEXINGTON, claiming her as sunk and returns to Kwajalein. SARATOGA is soon able to increase her speed to 16 knots and make it back to Pearl Harbor under her own power. As a result of subsequent repairs she is put out of the war for six months.
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